Results-driven communications professional with over 10 years experience in journalism, management, leadership, budget development and marketing. Strategic thinker who is able to generate new ideas and initiate change. Persuasive, effective communicator with strong relationship-building skills. Experienced leader of cross-functional teams with a passion to accomplish objectives and meet critical deadlines in fast-paced, high-growth and diverse environments. Significant experience in writing for teen, business women and Hispanic markets. Work has appeared in New York Magazine and The Los Angeles Times.

Editor, Florida Trends NEXT Originated article ideas and conducted long-range editorial planning for annual magazine that is distributed to Florida high school students; audited circulation of 730,000Supervised and mentored freelancers during the writing process; approved, fact checked and edited articlesManaged $500,000 annual budgetWrote, distributed and promoted annual teacher survey Wrote speeches and columns for the publisherEdited other Florida Trend publications including Legal Elite and Corporate Travel GuideWrote and distributed press releases and e-newslettersManaged FloridaNEXT.com

Staff WriterLake City ReporterJanuary 2005 August 2005Pitched story ideas, interviewed sources and wrote articles for the Community, Education, Health, Veterans Affairs and Outlying Areas beats of a daily newspaper

La Prensa Newspaper Outstanding Young Female LeaderNALFO National Organizational Leadership AwardLambda Theta Alpha New Member of the YearLambda Theta Alpha Alumna of the YearOrder of Omega

Associations

VP of Marketing for the National Society of Hispanic (MBAs NSHMBA) Orlando Chapter Diversity Chair for the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ), University of Florida Alumni Association, National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), Florida Freelance Writers Association (FFWA), Florida Writers Association (FWA)

Story- Relief at the register: Retailers are tweaking their business models. Find out what's in it for you.
Publication -- USA TODAY's Your Life: A Woman's Guide to Healthy Living
Date: May 1, 2012 -- Spring/Summer 2012

William A. Brewer III Cover Story, Bickel & Brewer, "Helping Future Lawyers' Dreams Come True: Bickel & Brewer's Latino Institute for Human Rightsâ€ The New York Area's Best Lawyers, New York Magazine, New York Law Journal, Connecticut Law Tribune and New Jersey Law Journal, December 13, 2010

Benedict P. Morelli Feature, Morelli Ratner, P.C., “30 Years Later: Benedict P. Morelli’s Long-Awaited Victory for an Injured Staten Island Man” The New York Area’s Best Lawyers, New York Magazine, New York Law Journal, Connecticut Law Tribune and New Jersey Law Journal, December 13, 2010

Cover story about two entrepreneurs who chose a once unpopular section of Jacksonville for their award-winning coffee house. They are not only at the forefront of a revitalization effort for the community, but have gained significant press for the experience they foster at the coffee house.